Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by 
luigybetis 
Top songs:
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pt. I-IX
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Red House Painters - Have You Forgotten
Ween - The Argus
Oasis - Slide Away
Radiohead - Weird Fishes
Supertramp - Even In The Quietest Moments
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
The Beatles - Mother Nature's Son
Sun Kil Moon - Last Tide
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into Place
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Belle & Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies
Green Day - Basket Case
Elliott Smith - Angeles
Neil Young - My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
Catfish & The Bottlemen - Tyrants
Porcupine Tree - Trains
Steven Wilson - Drive Home
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Death Cab For Cutie - A Lack Of Color
Greta Van Fleet - Black Smoke Rising
MGMT - Siberian Breaks
Smashing Pumpkins - Bleed
Genesis - Cinema Show
Chinese Football - No. 10 Jersey (Not For Anybody)
Chinese Football - Blind Men and An Elephant
You cannot put every single album you like in a 100 entry chart, but at least I'll list my favorite artists here:
- The Beatles
- Oasis
- Green Day
- Radiohead
- Pink Floyd
- Led Zeppelin
- Rush
- Ween
- Elliott Smith
- Neil Young
- David Bowie
- Sufjan Stevens
- Supertramp
- Mark Kozelek
- Genesis
- Chart updated: 02/07/2025 13:15
- (Created: 04/20/2014 19:13).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Best folk album ever. Period.
Favs:
-Eugene
-Almost every track
-4th Of July is not that good bitch [First added to this chart: 06/17/2015]
Favs:
-Eugene
-Almost every track
-4th Of July is not that good bitch [First added to this chart: 06/17/2015]
Year of Release:
2015
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16,427
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I have to say there are 2 terrible songs in here, but the rest are good/incredible. This album doesn't work perfectly as an ensamble, but it contains too many awesome tracks. Really underrated album form a sadly underrated band.
Favs:
-Transdermal Celebration
-Tried and True
-Chocolate Town
-I Don't Want It
-The Argus [First added to this chart: 06/15/2015]
Favs:
-Transdermal Celebration
-Tried and True
-Chocolate Town
-I Don't Want It
-The Argus [First added to this chart: 06/15/2015]
Year of Release:
2003
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2,189
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First album to be on my chart... 10/10. This album has everything any other Green Day album lacks. It works great as an aggregate, it contains the best songs of Green Day and it is not too long for having 18 tracks.
Favs:
-Nice Guys Finish Last
-Redundant
-Scattered
-Worry Rock
-Uptight
-Jinx/Haushinka
-King For A Day
-Good Riddance [First added to this chart: 06/30/2014]
Favs:
-Nice Guys Finish Last
-Redundant
-Scattered
-Worry Rock
-Uptight
-Jinx/Haushinka
-King For A Day
-Good Riddance [First added to this chart: 06/30/2014]
Year of Release:
1997
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1,230
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Sufjan surprises me a lot. The variety of styles within his discography is astounding, and he excels at each genre. If I had to describe this album with one word, it would be "greatness".
Favs:
-Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
-Chicago
-Casimir Pulaski Day
-The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
-The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! [First added to this chart: 06/17/2015]
Favs:
-Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
-Chicago
-Casimir Pulaski Day
-The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
-The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! [First added to this chart: 06/17/2015]
Year of Release:
2005
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20,581
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This album is something 100% different from Quebec, despite of their close release. There are like 6 or more different genres in this album, something that can make it kind of difficult to listen for some people. But for me it is just perfect, so varied you never get tired, and it contains some 10/10 ballads.
Favs:
-Back To Basom
-Stay Forever
-She's Your Baby [First added to this chart: 09/22/2015]
Favs:
-Back To Basom
-Stay Forever
-She's Your Baby [First added to this chart: 09/22/2015]
Year of Release:
2000
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734
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What can I say about this guy, his creativity was off the charts and we will never see someone like this ever again. This second album has something I just cannot explain, but it drives me crazy.
Favs:
-Needle In The Hay
-Southern Belle
-St. Ides Heaven [First added to this chart: 09/22/2015]
Favs:
-Needle In The Hay
-Southern Belle
-St. Ides Heaven [First added to this chart: 09/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1995
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2,770
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Oh Mark Kozelek, why would you start hiding your beautiful singing voice... At least we can enjoy more
[First added to this chart: 06/15/2015]
Year of Release:
2003
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2,261
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26. (=)
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[First added to this chart: 10/28/2014]
Year of Release:
1991
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38,405
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[First added to this chart: 10/28/2014]
Year of Release:
1998
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33,537
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[First added to this chart: 09/03/2022]
Year of Release:
2021
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1,245
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 6 | 6% | |
| 1970s | 23 | 23% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1990s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 27 | 27% | |
| 2010s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
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| Pink Floyd | 5 | 5% | |
| Rush | 4 | 4% | |
| Ween | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 3 | 3% | |
| Elliott Smith | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Supertramp | 3 | 3% | |
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45 | 45% | |
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38 | 38% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 45th to 46th Bryter Layter by Nick Drake |
| Down 1 from 46th to 47th The New Abnormal by The Strokes |
| Down 1 from 47th to 48th Wasting Light by Foo Fighters |
| New entries |
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 Imaginal Diskby Magdalena Bay |
| Leavers |
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 Bon Iver, Bon Iverby Bon Iver |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
88/100 (from 64 votes)
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90/100  | 03/05/2025 18:33 | DrewHamster | | 79/100 |
 90/100 | 01/28/2025 11:19 |  SomethingSpecial | | 85/100 |
| 100/100 | 01/04/2023 02:15 | MrOlan | | 100/100 |
| 90/100 | 01/03/2023 23:09 | Moondance | | 85/100 |
| 95/100 | 01/03/2023 11:45 | Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
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90/100
From Moondance 08/31/2021 22:37
Back in 2021 I rated this chart as 80/100 and included the following comment: Any chart that includes Gang Of Youth's 'Go Farther Into Darkness' gets my vote.
I have revisited the chart today (4 Jan 2023) and enjoyed the comments to your top 21 choices and look forward to comments on the rest - although I do understand how time consuming & demanding such a task can be - I am still doing mine. This chart is much more interesting & considered & unique (& positively challenging to some of my biases) than I first thought ~ so I have upped my rating to 90/100.
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100/100
From 
Keatownrodriguez 09/12/2019 18:30
Keatownrodriguez 09/12/2019 18:30
The 1975 in a chart of the day, the world really is becoming a better place
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80/100
From AReasonableMan 03/22/2019 07:22
I'd never put Sufjan above Elliot but I respect it. Pink Floyd is amazing, you might really like Joni Mitchell.
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90/100
From 
ExTeaSea 01/02/2019 02:02
ExTeaSea 01/02/2019 02:02
We both have the same number one, Animals is perfection. Love that you have Ween in your top 10, I really should include them again on my chart, just never sure which album. As far as strange bands like Ween I also love Butthole Surfers, Primus and of course one of the original weirdos Mr Frank Zappa himself. You should give them a whirl if you haven't yet. Oh and I love your appreciation of prog. Yes is great, Genesis, Camel, Porcupine Tree and of course Floyd etc.. great list! Oh and all three of those Supertramp albums are wonderful!
#228518 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
90/100
From 
VitorHugoP 09/25/2018 02:34
VitorHugoP 09/25/2018 02:34
Pink Floyd And Green Day in the top 10? Now that's something you don't see everyday.
#221640 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
70/100
From 
Boltzmann 09/24/2018 22:08
Boltzmann 09/24/2018 22:08
Pretty one-sided taste you got
#221615 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
85/100
From vancevisuals 09/24/2018 16:59
Good chart
LOVE your #1
#221594 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
100/100
From 
sageamagoo 07/20/2018 18:55
sageamagoo 07/20/2018 18:55
Incredible chart! I was just getting into Ween when I checked out this chart 3 years ago, and since then I've fallen in love with Quebec. You have a bunch of cult favourites on this chart, which makes me wonder... have you ever heard Spilt Milk by Jellyfish? It's another one of those lost classics that should be unanimously praised but isn't. Highly recommended!
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90/100
From manurock 04/20/2018 14:58
Aunque no coincida en todo me encanta tu chart, no solo porque te guste el prog rock, sino porque por ejemplo tienes a Crisis what crisis? muy arriba y no te refugias en los clásicos; te encantan artistas y bandas actuales como Coldplay o Porcupine Tree.
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From 
LedZep 04/17/2018 23:53
LedZep 04/17/2018 23:53
Great thing. Even the bands I don't like that much like Oasis have credible best album pick here (Definitely Maybe>everything Oasis). Also Animals as the best Pink Floyd (I think it's the best too, relatively, they're all great). Then you have Supertramp, the best song on Crimson's first is I Talk To The Wind (so correct!), then Iron Maiden, Alice In Chains, Pixies and some folk thrown in... Agree with you on almost every pick.
#213143 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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